Amazon’s Latest Market Disruption: 1.7M Free Bananas

https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-latest-market-disruption-1-7-million-free-bananas-1495463629

by deegles • 9 years ago

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metilda• 9 years ago

Seems more like dumping goods to me, admittedly the only places with well priced bananas in Seattle are the Asian markets and a few fruit stands, the Kroger brands (QFC, Fred Meyers) and Cerebrus Capital brands (Safeway, Albertsons) move 90% of the volume in the grocery industry in Seattle, leaving the small independents, Metropolitan Market, PCC, and Whole Foods with a very small sliver of the market.

I don't see how Amazon even with Whole Foods could compete in the PNW, Amazon Fresh volume is waaay down in Seattle from what it was at the turn of the decade (super popular back then), and in other regions there is a dominate retailer like HEB or Lowes that literally owns the market and has stores so close together that they cannabalize their fellow stores volume, preventing proper competition (see Randalls trying to fight HEB in Austin, TX).

Amazon’s Latest Market Disruption: 1.7M Free Bananas

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